Public Health in America

For this coming Sunday, July 26th, we are lucky to have as our presenter, Dr. Randy Wykoff, Dean of the College of Public Health at ETSU.
Randy will give a general presentation as an overview of public health issues facing our region, and the nation and he will present specific community-based interventions we can pursue to make things better.

Dr. Wykoff is fairly new to the area. He arrived at ETSU in 2006, and he has been making things happen since. It was Dr. Wykoff that brought Vice President Al Gore to speak at ETSU, and short afterwards David Kessler, former head of the FDA, as part of an outstanding seminar series that has been chocked full of public health luminaries.
Dr. Wykoff is in the midst of a distinguished career in Academic Public Health. He has published numerous noteworthy articles in prestigous journals, including the "New England Journal of Medicine." Dr. Wykoff worked at Project HOPE and at various positions in the federal government. He is a phyhsician trained in pediatrics, preventive medicine, and tropical medicine.
Randy earned his BS, MPH and MD degrees at Tulane. He enjoys Mandolin, Fly Fishing, and Kung Fu. He and Janine have five children.